A Green Election Wrap-Up By Richard Gomez In California, voters were angry at Democrats and Republicans. As of this writing, votes are unconfirmed, but current results show strong support for the [...] Continue Reading
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George “Elfie” Ballis: A Personal Recollection
Few residents of Fresno County earn freestanding obituaries in the Washington Post, as did George Ballis when he died last month. That obit recounted an interesting but odd career, with moments of [...] Continue Reading
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to School
In recent months, the Fresno Chapter of the ACLU has become involved in the struggle by community members to have a middle school built in Southwest Fresno. A funny thing happened on the way to that [...] Continue Reading
From Tuskegee to Guatemala Via Nuremberg
News broke last month that the U.S. government purposefully exposed hundreds of men in Guatemala to syphilis in ghoulish medical experiments conducted during the late 1940s. As soon as the story got [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor
Support Real Peace for Palestinians Israel’s attempt to end the so-called moratorium on settlement building in Palestine seen as “unprecedented” by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton [...] Continue Reading
Queer Eye
Bullycide As I sit here writing this column on October 15, in less than a week I’ve attended a candlelight vigil in the Tower District and “Be The Change—Out Is In” in the Peace Garden at Fresno [...] Continue Reading
Making Routine HIV Testing a Reality at Fresno Hospitals
Just do it. HIV has been around for more than 30 years. We know it is a time bomb—about 10 years before symptoms show. We know it can be diagnosed and treated long before symptoms show. We also know [...] Continue Reading
Shakespeare’s Hotel
Today is “off-book” day, and I still haven’t memorized my lines. And while it is way too early to panic, I do have a sense of urgency and realize I better take my director’s advice to buckle down and [...] Continue Reading
William James Tranquilli
With sorrow, we announce the peaceful passing of William James Tranquilli on September 3, 2010, after a lingering illness. A well-known activist for many causes, Will enjoyed living in Fresno for many [...] Continue Reading
Linking Popular Democracy and Economic Development in Africa
[Richard Stone writes that Aaron Tesfaye has lived in the United States for about 30 years, including many in Fresno. He attended Fresno State and, after getting his Ph.D. at Claremont Graduate [...] Continue Reading
Citizen Action for Palestinian Human and Civil Rights: Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions
The U.S. government is currently engaged in perpetuating the charade of pseudo negotiations, known by some as the “piece” process, where more and more pieces of Palestine are taken by the Israelis. [...] Continue Reading
Grassroots Profile: Jason Chang
Jason Chang is the young president of the local chapter of the Japanese-American Citizens League (JACL). And, he tells me, he is the newly elected vice president of planning and development for the [...] Continue Reading